This map provides an overview of active and unresolved armed conflicts worldwide. Countries are classified by the intensity of organised violence, from high-intensity warfare to low-intensity or frozen conflicts.

Purpose

The purpose of the map is to situate individual wars within a global context. By abstracting conflict to the state level, it highlights broad patterns of instability, escalation risk, and geographic concentration rather than tactical detail.

Reference Layer

The map is intended as a reference layer for analysis, supporting SITREPs and essays by framing where conflict is occurring and how it fits into the wider international system.